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Agriculture is a devolved matter in the UK. \ Phill Doyle. Farm support schemes across the four regions of the UK are heading in opposite directions, delegates at an online Oxford Farming Conference were told on Thursday. Agriculture is a devolved matter in the UK, so it is up to ministers in devolved governments to set policies that will replace the EU’s Basic Payment Scheme in each region. The four ministers who are responsible for agriculture across the UK spoke at the online Oxford Farming Conference on Thursday. Environment secretary and Conservative MP George Eustice reiterated that t...

TOP TEAM Messrs Adam, Kennedy and McCornick outside the Scottish Parliament It looked like red diesel was in the sights of the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, as he scrambled to pull together the first Budget since the Conservatives’ resounding General Election win – and the shock resignation of his predecessor, Sajid Javid. In a series of policy leaks ahead of the Budget it was suggested that Mr Sunak, faced with both the need to raise revenue to pay for Boris Johnson’s investment promises, and pressure to reduce fossil fuel use, may finally ditch the Tories’ decade-l...

December 17, 2020 6:15 pm Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture has announced plans to launch a pilot payment scheme for local growers to produce protein crops for livestock consumption. The pilot scheme, which is planned to begin next year, will offer growers £330/ha with eligible crops including peas, beans and sweet lupins. The rate will result in a margin for protein crops comparable to that for other cereal crops. The maximum total area to be included in the pilot will be 1000 ha. Land included in the scheme will also remain eligible for the Basic Payment Scheme. In 2019, 369,...

Farm incomes down for arable and horticulture, Defra says 17 December 2020 | The report provides detailed information on the financial position of farm businesses Defra has released its analysis of farm business income in England in the year 2019-20, showing income is down for arable and horticulture, but up for livestock sectors. The report, published on Wednesday (16 December), provides survey results covering the 2019 harvest and that year's Basic Payment. It shows that average income was lower for cereal, general cropping, lowland grazing livestock, mixed and horticulture farms. While mo...

An overwhelming majority of eligible Welsh farm businesses received their Basic Payment in the first week of the payment window. More than 94.6% of Welsh